weekending/Hello Monday

 

Happy Monday, friends! I'm linking up with Holly and Sarah today for this weekend recap. How was your weekend? Mine was really good. 

I always start with Friday during the day, because Dad comes over each week and we spend the afternoon together. In case you don't know this (I've noticed a few new readers lately!), Dad is 91 and we've been having Fridays together for over twenty-five years. This started when I first got married, when we would meet for lunch at least twice a week, because I worked full time. This has adapted to our schedules over the years and as we became a homeschooling family and Dad retired, he would drive over each week, then we'd go out for lunch and would usually take an afternoon excursion. I totally credit him with helping me in the homeschooling phase of their growing up years! He no longer drives, so my stepmom drops him off and I either take him home, or she comes and gets him if she's at a friend's house who lives nearby. 

All that being said, he and I went to get Mexican food for lunch that day, then we went to the library. I haven't been inside our library in about a year! I know that's shocking. I no longer read physical books, but only on my Kindle these days, so I no longer have the need to go. After Friday, I decided to start going weekly again, because I have missed being there. I got some great books, one of which I have already read.

I have already finished Christmas on Nantucket, which is a beautiful coffee table book.

Also, for anyone new here, I went there back in September. This past weekend was the Winter Stroll, which happens every year on the weekend after Thanksgiving. (Not Thanksgiving weekend.) I will go there someday for this! The thing I've noticed about the island of Nantucket is that the more time you spend away from having visited, the more you want to go back. I would love to start traveling more. Todd and I were talking about this last week. I don't want to wait until we're too old to enjoy ourselves! I have several places in mind that I'd love to visit with my guy. ❤❤

After I took Dad home, I came home and got into my cozy Christmas pajamas, had leftovers for dinner and watched this adorable movie on Netflix. Todd worked that night, so I was home alone with the pups. 

Have you seen The Noel Diary? It's so good! Who doesn't love Justin Hartley? 

I was up early Saturday, and per my Saturday morning tradition, I watched this great movie.

This was so good! I've said it several times already this season, but Hallmark has upped their movie game about a hundred percent. I loved seeing actual Rockettes performing during a lot of the scenes. After the movie and having my two cups of coffee with Christmas flavored creamer, I went upstairs to dress and went to my church to help deck the halls there. This is something the worship ministry is in charge of each year, so it takes an army to decorate a church as big as ours. This was so much fun and because it was postponed to Saturday this year, we had more help than ever before. Here are a few pictures. 

I LOVE seeing our church decorated for Christmas! How cool is the picture I took from high up in the bird's nest, as I lovingly refer to the audio/visual booth as? I volunteered up there on Sunday morning. 

After we finished, I met my best friend at her house, and we went to her aunt's house to do some elf work. 😉

Aunt Sherrye loves all things royal, so isn't her tree topper the cutest? We went to do this because she was in NYC with her best friend and we wanted to surprise her for when she got home last night. I had to document our-elves (See what I did there?), so that we could send it to her when she got home. 

I was home for the rest of the day after that. Jonah, Noah and I rearranged Noah's room for him really quickly, then they left to go pick up our dinner for us. We ordered cheese pizza from Costco, which is always the best! I watched a couple more movies that night, rounding out my weekend.

Both were really good! I was up bright and early for church Sunday morning, and afterward I came home a bit to work on my table for Tablescapes that's taking place tomorrow night. That's an annual women's event that kicks off our Christmas season that's always a blast. Christy Nockels is our musical guest this year and I'm so excited to see all the tables. I'll actually go up and decorate my own this afternoon, because it's looking to be a very busy week. I'm working, but I'm also busy every night and on my day off. AND, I'm going out of town for the day on Friday with my best friend for our annual Christmas shopping date. Tis the season! It's full of loads of fun things.

Todd was home last night with me, so we ate dinner and I read most of the night, while he watched tv. I also listened to our choir's Christmas music, because I have a special tech rehearsal and mic check tonight, so I am making sure to be extra prepared. I'll be posting everyday this week, so I hope you come back each day to check in! Tomorrow I'll be sharing one of my favorite posts of the year, my annual "Come on in" and Christmas house tour. On Wednesday is the monthly Currently link that I shared about on Friday. You can click here to check that out and to read the month's prompts. I hope to see you back! 

Tell me something good from your weekend! I'd love to hear from you! Thanks for reading my blog, friends. Love to all!